Improved device for locking faucets



` UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

l-IENRY GETTY, OF BROOKLYN, NET YORK.v

IMPROVED DEVICE FOR LOCKING FAUCETS.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY GETTY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Faucet; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the anneXed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is alongitudinal and vertical cen` tral section of my improvement. Fig. 2 isan inverted plan of the top or cap of the cylinder, showing the stop,screw, and valve-stem, the latter being bisected. Fig. 8 is a plan ortop view of the cylinder, the valve-stem being shown bisectedhorizontally and the catch secured to it.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspond-ing parts in theseveral figures.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of faucets inwhich a spring is employed, in connection with static pressure,

vfor keeping the valve closed.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of the L-shapedgroove at the upper part of the spring-barrel, stop-bar on thevalve-stem, and the secret stop-arm placed loosely over the valve-stemand attached to the screw-collar, whereby facilities are 'afforded forfastening the faucet closed, and also, when necessary, of placing itbeyond the control of servants and others intr-usted with itsmanagement.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will {roceed to describe it.

A, Fig. l, represents the tube of the faucet, which has two passages db, the inner passage d curving downward below the inner end of thepassage b, the two passages having a puppet-valve B between them. Thevalvestem C passes up through the inner part of passage b and throughthe upper side of the tube and has a button c upon it.

On the upper side of the tube A an annular flange d is formed, and acylinder D is screwed on said flange. The valve-stem C passes throughthe center of the cylinderl D, and a spiral spring E is placed withinsaid cylinder, thespringencompassing the valve-stem. The cylinder D hastwo grooves c e made in its inner side at opposite points, as shown inFigs. l and 3, and on the valve-stem C a bar or arm f is placed andsecured bya pin g. The bar or arm f projects at equal distances fromeach side of the valve-stem, and the ends of the bar or arm t in thevertical grooves e e.

In the upper part of cylinder D two horizontal grooves h h are made,said grooves joining the vertical groovese e, so that the ends of thebar or arm fmay be turned thereon. Similar grooves 1l t' are made in thelower part of the cylinder D. The cylinder D has a cap a collarj isplaced, through which collar the valve-stem O passes. The lower part ofthe collarj has a screw cut on it, and a bar or arm 7c is tt-ed on thelower end of the collar. The ends of the bar or arm have each a pendentlip or projection Z formed on it, as shown clearly in Fig. l.

From the above description of parts it will be seen that when the endsof the bar or arm f are in the vertical grooves e e the valve isretained in a closed state by the springE and the pressure of the iiuidagainst the under side of the valve, the valve being opened by pressingthe thumb on the bottom c, and in case the spring E is broken or losesits elasticity the old one may be removed and a new one inserted in itsplace by unscrewing` the cylinder D, the faucet remaining in the vessel.It' necessary, the valve may be firmly secured in a closed state byturning the valve-stem C so that the ends of the bar or arm f will passinto the upper horizontal grooves h h, and the valve may be secured inan open state by depressing the valve and turning the valvestem so thatthe ends of the bar or arm j' will pass into the lower grooves t' t', asshown in red, Fig. 1, and the valve may be locked in a closed state bydepressing or lowering the bar or arm lo by turning the collarj, theends of the baror arm preventing the ends of the bar or arm ffrom beingturned outof the grooves h h, and consequently preventingthe valve frombeing depressed or opened. The collar j is to be kept secret-that is,its object is not made known, so that servants and others being ignorantof the construction of the faucet will not be able to draw the contentsfrom the casks or vessels.

F screwed on it, and in the center of the cap essary, of placing itbeyond the control of servants and others not intrnsted with itsmanagement.

HENRY GETTY. Vitnesses:

W. TUsoH,

J. F. BUCKLEY.

